Kmail 17.12 won't send smtp emails

Skinjob2707 · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 57

Kmail recently stopped sending smtp based emails. Receiving pop3 works fine.

When I try and send, I get the following message (and a desktop notification) in the systemd log:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:01 pm Post subject:

Skinjob2707,

You can talk to mail servers with telnet.
Where does it break?
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asturm · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:06 pm Post subject:

.0 release regression with SSL: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388068
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backend.cpp:92:2: warning: #warning TODO - this error message is about as useful as a cooling unit in the arctic

Skinjob2707 · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 57

I did see that issue, but was led astray by the versioning numbers. When I look at help-> about there was no version number and the kmail package is listed as 17.12.0. When I switch to TLS (from SSL that was autodetected), I get an error message that says:

albright · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:40 pm Post subject:

FWIW, I got this "server error" message and found that kmail had
reset the smtp port to the wrong number :wink:

easy fix in my case
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asturm · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 11:49 am Post subject:

Please try this patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D9476
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backend.cpp:92:2: warning: #warning TODO - this error message is about as useful as a cooling unit in the arctic

deranonyme · Guru Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 402

The patch solves the problem for me. Thanks a lot.

Toomuch · n00b Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 49

After updating to KMail 17.12.3 breaks sending email with SSL encryption. Unencrypted sending works.